Sign in Welcome! Log into your account your username your password Forgot your password? Get help Create an account Create an account Welcome! Register for an account your email your username A password will be e-mailed to you. Password recovery Recover your password your email A password will be e-mailed to you. Trump’s ‘America First’ Stance Lives on in Biden’s Afghan Withdrawal 223 August 25, 2021 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Published in Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) on 25 August 2021 by Matthew Knott (link to originallink to original) Translated from by . Edited by . Back To Origin This post appeared on the front page as a direct link to the original article with the above link . Tags:AfghanistanAustraliaJoe Bidenmilitary withdrawalNATO Hot this week Block titleFeaturedAll time popularMore Australia: Can 1 Optimal Pathway Have 2 Lanes? When It Comes to AUKUS Submarines, Apparently Yes June 3, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia 0 France: Iran: The United States at an Impasse June 5, 2026. Published in L'Est Républicain[C]apitalizing on the White House's indecision, Israel is advancing its offensive in Lebanon. 0 Saudi Arabia: Lebanon: America’s Bargaining Chip in Its Standoff with Iran June 3, 2026. Published in Arab NewsUsing Lebanon as a bargaining chip through Washington’s Israeli proxy is Trump’s way of leveling the playing field. 0 Poland: Vox Populi Is Not Vox Dei: Democracy Is Mortal and Requires Active Defense* June 4, 2026. Published in Gazeta WyborczaThere is no shortage of initiatives, resolutions and legislation aimed at defending democracy in the EU. What is missing is effectiveness. 0 Israel: Trump’s Illusion: From Tehran 2026 to Munich 1938 June 3, 2026. Published in Israel Hayom[I]t appears that the [U.S.] is capitulating in the talks. 0 Topics Germany: What the National Guard Is Really Contributing in Washington* June 7, 2026. Published in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 0 Germany: US Imperial Outpost in Space June 7, 2026. Published in tazReturning to the moon is no longer a state mission, but a market. 0 Brazil: Terrorism To Suit the Customer’s Taste* June 7, 2026. Published in Folha de São Paulo Trump is not exactly a legal scholar. If he wanted to dispatch his gunboats here, he wouldn’t need a judicial pretext. 0 Jordan: War for the Occupation June 6, 2026. Published in Addustour[Trump] disregarded Arab national interests, foremost among them the Palestinian issue and its legitimate, legal aspirations. 0 South Africa: Where’s My Phone? My Golden Trump Phone! June 5, 2026. Published in Sunday IndependentSo, to succeed in the trough of graft, a politician must have a profusion of scandals, so many of them all at once such that they would eventually overwhelm the system’s capacity to cope. 0 Saudi Arabia: A Strange War and Its Bizarre Coverage June 5, 2026. Published in Asharq Al-AwsatAnother interesting feature is the absence of non-partisan journalists covering this war. 0 Australia: Trump’s Tariff Game Has Resumed and Australia Could Face Some Curveballs June 5, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia 0 South Korea: Trump’s Face on a Dollar Bill? June 5, 2026. Published in Dong-A IlboIt would be difficult to find another instance of an incumbent leader featuring their own face on a bill in a non-monarchic, democratic country. 0 Related Articles Australia: Trump’s Tariff Game Has Resumed and Australia Could Face Some Curveballs June 5, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia Australia: Can 1 Optimal Pathway Have 2 Lanes? When It Comes to AUKUS Submarines, Apparently Yes June 3, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia Australia: Trump’s Intervention in Netanyahu’s Plans To Bomb Beirut Reminds World Who’s Calling Shots in Iran June 2, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia Germany: Trump’s Fatal Signal to Putin* May 30, 2026. Published in Frankfurter Allgemeine ZeitungTrump’s willingness to defend an ally may depend upon whether he currently gets along with its political leadership. Poland: Donald Trump’s U-Turn Will Finish Off NATO May 27, 2026. Published in Rzeczpospolita Four days after Donald Trump announced ...he would send 5,000 U.S. troops to Poland, it is still unclear what the American leader had in mind Previous articleUS Can Recover from Messy End to War in AfghanistanNext articleChaos at Kabul Airport Symbolic of 20 Years of War in Afghanistan LEAVE A REPLY Cancel replyLog in to leave a comment